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Half of people in England and Wales now being diagnosed with cancer will survive at least a decade - double the rate in the early 1970s, figures show.
But Cancer Research UK, which carried out the research, said the progress showed there needed to be new, more ambitious aims.
It said it wanted to see 10-year survival hit 75% in the next 20 years.
And it promised to increase investment in research by half within the next decade to help achieve that.
Researchers said cancer need no longer be viewed as the "death sentence" it once was with the new figures suggesting a "tipping point" had been reached.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27194823
But Cancer Research UK, which carried out the research, said the progress showed there needed to be new, more ambitious aims.
It said it wanted to see 10-year survival hit 75% in the next 20 years.
And it promised to increase investment in research by half within the next decade to help achieve that.
Researchers said cancer need no longer be viewed as the "death sentence" it once was with the new figures suggesting a "tipping point" had been reached.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27194823